Akshaya Chaitanya is an NGO in Mumbai with the objective to eradicate hunger in a sustainable and scalable way. It is an initiative of HKM Charitable Foundation striving to provide food security to marginalised sections of the society in the city of Mumbai. We are currently undertaking three key Feeding Initiatives: Swasthya Ahara – Government hospital feeding initiative – providing free, unlimited, nutritious lunch meals to patient’s families keeping them healthy and helping them save for medication. Paushtik Ahara – Meals on wheels initiative – providing free, unlimited, nutritious lunch to prepare children in slum areas for a bright future. Bal Shiksha Ahara – Government School Breakfast Initiative – providing free, millet based nutritious breakfast to eradicate classroom hunger and inspire better learning environment for the children.

Our Feeding initiatives ensure food security for the vulnerable population in Mumbai across Government Hospitals, Government Schools and Children living in the slums. Free food is served daily by Akshaya Chaitanya to help them enjoy one meal a day that is hot, freshly cooked and nutritious.

We have been running this programme and initiative for 365 days now and during the anniversary celebration, we felicitated our donors who have supported our initiatives and made our vision a living reality. The journey of 365 days of ensuring food security by donating meals to needy people has been possible only because of thousands of anonymous donors who made a conscious choice to support our Initiative. Our donors were also given a tour of our facility and kitchen on this day to show them the strict hygiene standards and quality control we follow at the kitchen while preparing the food meals.

We also facilitated our staff who has always supported us in our mission and made it possible to impact so many people. This was our small way of expressing our joy and gratitude to have such a wonderful team working collectively in our NGO in Mumbai.

A cook-off activity was also organised for donors to engage them as they were made to decorate cake, and make sandwiches with ready ingredients. The beneficiaries of the Paushtik Ahara program were the jury and they decided the winning team after a very entertaining cook-off competition.

Here is a glimpse of what we have achieved in this one year

• Meals Served: 1,263,236 Cumulative Meals Served
• Number Of Beneficiaries:8,050 Beneficiaries Served Daily
• Swasthya Ahara: Feeding relatives of patients across 6 Government Hospitals
• Bal Shiksha Ahara: Feeding children across 53 Municipal Schools
• Paushtik Ahara: Feeding children across 3 Slums
  This is just the beginning. We have a long road ahead and we wish to feed 1,00,000 people
  everyday in Mumbai by 2025.
  Join our donor family today, visit www.akshayachaitanya.org